Codependence and the Power of Detachment: How to Set Boundaries and Make Your Life Your Own

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Codependency--living as if what others think matters more than what we think, and trying to please or change others--is an insidious and pervasive addiction. And there is a simple way out of it: detachment.

In Codependence and the Power of Detachment, bestselling author Karen Casey shares her story and the story of others who have suffered from codependency. Based on the insights and tools she's discovered during her many years of sobriety to address codependency, Casey takes ...

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Overview

Codependency--living as if what others think matters more than what we think, and trying to please or change others--is an insidious and pervasive addiction. And there is a simple way out of it: detachment.

In Codependence and the Power of Detachment, bestselling author Karen Casey shares her story and the story of others who have suffered from codependency. Based on the insights and tools she's discovered during her many years of sobriety to address codependency, Casey takes readers through the steps of detaching from a bad situation: admitting the attachment, surrendering the outcome, forgiving, and focusing attention on what works. She describes how to pay attention, be aware, and take care of ourselves, and let others--husbands, family, and coworkers--become accountable for themselves.

Codependence and the Power of Detachment shows that detachment is a power anyone can claim. It is the power of sanity, of peace, of finding one's own inner strength.

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Workshop leader and author Casey (Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow) here advocates to develop a healthy interdependence, one that frees individuals to be who they can be but assures that they get support from others. Conversely, when people are living codependently, they are concerned too much with what others think, believe that they have to please or change someone else, and think they have to answer to another person rather than their own voice, or higher power. Casey's message comes from her years of sobriety and those of others. The advice to stop judging others and take responsibility for oneself comes through loud and clear. Casey packs a lot in a little digestible book. Recommended for public libraries.


—Deborah Bigelow
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781573243629
  • Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
  • Publication date: 9/1/2008
  • Pages: 176
  • Sales rank: 265,148
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Karen Casey is a popular speaker at recovery and spirituality conferences throughout the country. She is the author of 20 plus books, including Each Day a New Beginning, which has sold more than 2 million copies. She and her husband spend their time between Florida, Indiana, and Minnesota.

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Table of Contents


Preface     9
Introduction     13
From Enmeshment to Freedom     17
Detachment in Action     25
An Acquired Habit     29
Surrender at Last     35
Breakthrough     43
Relief     51
Strength Does Come     57
Choosing Survival     65
A Spiritual Action     73
Following the Footsteps     79
Tempering the Inner Fire     85
Fellowship through the Back Door     89
From Darkness to Dawn     95
Choices     103
Learning to Let Go     109
A Journey Begun in Youth     117
Enough Is Enough     123
Changes     131
Revising Expectations     143
Hope Revisited     149
Letting Go     157
Nothing Less Than Freedom     165
Conclusion: Choosing a New Perspective     169
The Twelve Steps of Al-Anon     173
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